When tone-deaf Madeline Davis ends up in the high school band class because of a scheduling error, she finds herself torn between two different members of the band--Jeff Lang and George Held

Music from the Heart (Sweet Dreams Series #173)

Laskin, Pamela

Children's Books

Bantam Books for Young Readers

A Little Off the Top (Foofur Storybook)

Marvel Enterprises

New Beginnings

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Unique stories about shoes and their memories as diverse as the women who write them. Jane Weitzman from Stuart Weitzman Shoes If there s a woman who s not fixated on shoes, chances are she has no feet or lives on a hot desert island where footwear is superfluous. As we go through life, the fixation may mutate from the annual delight with a new pair of dress-up Mary Janes, to height-and-leg enhancing heels and boots to anything that feels good on aging feet. But attention to what goes on our feet often has significance beyond the beautiful and practical. This book promises to depict the full gamut of shoe-ness in an entertaining and illuminating fashion. Jane Brody, Science Writer for New York Times Savvy, smart, sophistication, style. Shoes are the source of power that drive a woman s performance, and It s All About Shoes captivates the passion behind all of this! It s a real winner! Eric Mudick from Eric s Shoes I remember in college that someone had a poster with a variation on Eleanor Roosevelt s famous slogan Great minds talk about ideas, average minds talk about events, small minds talk about people, miniscule minds talk about shoes. This attitude is belied in It s All About Shoes, which proves that great minds talk about shoes, and that shoes themselves can stand for ideas, events and people. In the essays, poems and reflections in this collection, shoes mean many things; they are, as the book s divisions show, icons of the past, present, and future; they are memories and hopes, desires and fears, images of ourselves and others, symbols of moments in life and time. They lure readers into their closets to imagine what their own shoes might say, though I doubt many readers can express these meanings as eloquently and evocatively as the authors in this book. For everyone who thinks about what she puts on her feet, it s a must read. Angela Jane Weisl, Professor, Seton Hall University

It's All About Shoes

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Plain View Press, LLC

"THE LOST LANGUAGE OF CRAZY explores the delicate intricacies of family, mental health, and identity, as we follow one girl on a difficult, yet life-affirming journey of self-discovery. Written with honesty and humor, Pamela Laskin expertly draws us into the vibrant, complex world of a young creative soul, who, in search of the many meanings of crazy, discovers the many faces of love."\n- Amber Smith, New York Times bestselling author of The Way I Used to Be, The Last to Let Go, and Something Like Gravity\nPamela Laskin tells a riveting story of loss, confusion, and heartbreak based on her own childhood-all the while maintaining the wry humor and fulsome compassion that are the lynchpins of her work. As I neared the end, my eyes brimmed with tears, not from sadness, but from the full emotional ride that The Lost Language of Crazy delivers. It's a contemporary tale that any young person struggling towards adulthood in this crazy world will relate to. 
- Suzanne Weyn, author of The Barcode Tattoo trilogy\n--\nIs it possible to wake up one day and be emptied of words? For a writer, this would be an unimaginable nightmare, but for any of us, this would be a terrifying ordeal. What happens when we lose our voice? On the flip side, what happens when we are plagued with many voices?\nTHE LOST LANGUAGE OF CRAZY explores the terrain of mental illness from the point of view of its twelve-year old narrator, Penny, who has grown up believing her mother is dead. The novel opens with the protagonist's desire to finish writing a play, which she is incapable of doing, since she does not know how the play ends, while her best friend, formerly a girl, yearns to play the dad. This is a story about words and language; gender confusion and the secrets surrounding it; silence and lies; mental illness and a writer's journey.\nCentral to the book is the premise that we all have deeply buried selves, and these burials create a mental instability, which becomes the narrative we bring to the world.\nAll of the characters find themselves challenged by having their voices and identities silenced in some way by familial and societal expectations; they and the reader come to understand the truth of e.e. cummings observation that: "To be nobody but yourself--in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else--means to fight the hardest battle which any human can fight; and never stop fighting."

The Lost Language of Crazy

Teen & Young Adult

Atmosphere Press

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